> However, not likely to be under the beach but offshore, as sailors in the E17thC reported that the steeple of Old Skegness church, which >
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> was destroyed by the sea in the 16thC, then lay at some distance beyond the low water mark :) See http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/05/drowned-villages-of-lincolnshire.html?m=1 …pic.twitter.com/d8UUnYiaVv
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Skegness was not the only Lincolnshire coastal settlement lost to sea in 16thC, btw—Mumby Chapel destroyed in 1570: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/05/drowned-villages-of-lincolnshire.html …pic.twitter.com/W7Vd9Siq8y
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What's the placename evidence? Have you written something on it?
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The defunct Domesday name for Skegness seems to reflect Latin traiectus, ‘crossing point, ferry’, transmitted via Archaic Welsh, & field >
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> names in area include 'chester' etc, usually an indication of a significant RB settlement :) I mention in book, but a good article on it >
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> is Owen and Coates, ‘Traiectus/Tric/Skegness: a Domesday name explained’, Lincolnshire History & Archaeology, 38 (2003), 42–4 :)
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I guess the big question is whether any artificial STAC have/are ever found washed up on the beach?
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SORRY! That should have been artifacts...
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Yes, a few, including a Roman 'brothel token', one of only two from Britain if it's a genuine ancient loss (the other is from London)
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@lidongni There's a small 2band transistor radio from 1967 for sure.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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